The GLA Group seeks an external partner to assist in developing and implementing its AI Adoption Programme, focusing on AI principles, policy governance, training, and an operating model, while engaging the market to understand capabilities and potential delivery approaches.
The GLA Group is exploring the market for an external partner to support the development and delivery of its AI Adoption Programme. The requirement is expected to include developing and embedding common AI principles across the GLA Group, supporting organisational policy and governance, designing and delivering tiered AI training, and supporting the co-design of an operating model and evaluation framework for identifying, piloting and scaling AI opportunities. This preliminary market engagement is intended to help the GLA Group understand market capability, potential delivery approaches, resourcing, indicative costs, timescales and appropriate commercial models ahead of any subsequent procurement. Participation in this exercise does not constitute a call for competition and will not influence any future procurement evaluation.
The GLA Group is carrying out preliminary market engagement to understand how external expertise could best support the delivery of its AI Adoption Programme. The purpose of this engagement is to test the proposed approach and better understand the market, including potential delivery options, resourcing, timescales, costs and commercial models. Interested suppliers are invited to review the Request for Information and provide responses to the following questions: Programme approach: How would you structure the programme and your resources to deliver the asks on policy and training to ready the GLA Group for further AI adoption? Scope of work: What skills or expertise do you have in this area which you consider crucial to deliver success? Please describe comparable, ideally public sector, AI adoption programmes you have delivered and the scale of those programmes. Planning for success: Please provide indicative cost ranges, resourcing, timeframes and other assumptions for delivering the programme outcomes described, including alternative commercial models such as fixed price, daily rate, capped, milestone-based and blended approaches. Is there anything we should do ahead of the commencement date to ensure success? Are there elements which you recommend delivering together, or are there elements which you think should be delivered as separate work packages? What critical success factors distinguish successful AI adoption programmes from unsuccessful ones? Responses to the Request for Information should be submitted to motunrayoadesope@tfl.gov.uk by 24 September 2026. There are currently no supplier engagement events or physical meetings planned as part of this exercise. If you have any questions or require clarification regarding the market engagement, please contact motunrayoadesope@tfl.gov.uk. Should the organisation decide to proceed with a competitive tender process, the opportunity will be conducted through the CCS Framework - Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4). Suppliers wishing to participate that are not currently appointed to the framework will be required to contact the organisation to discuss the framework membership and onboarding process. This market engagement is intended to inform the Authority's understanding of the market, delivery options and potential commercial models. It does not constitute a call for competition and participation will not influence any future procurement evaluation.